The Tohono O’odham High School Newspaper EAGLE NEWS Volume 1, Issue 13 February 24, 2014 because they were the ones who came up with the name. Mr. Siquieros also said that the original plan was to have dorms at the By Maryanna Norris and Shaina Manuel school, but the budget was cut by 10% so that was the first thing to go. The Tohono O'odham High School has planners figured that they would been here since 1985, but do you know build them later on. (I don't see any the history behind how it came to be or dorms!) An Olympic-sized even why its building structure is the “natatorium,” or swimming pool, was way it is? Cultural Center and Museum originally included, but that was cut Education Curator, Mr. Bernard out as well. Siquieros, was involved with the planDid you know about the time capsule? Mr. Siqueiros also told a little bit ning of TOHS. When he visited TOHS about the placement of the buildings. for the I:mig Cultural Series presentaschool that was used as a landmark They weren't just randomly put here tion, he had a lot of trivia to share about for the salt pilgrimages. The men and there. The original plan was to our school. coming back from the pilgrimages In 1983, Mr. Siquieros was hired as used that mountain as a cut off where have everything under one roof. The school is actually based on traditional the Director of the Papago Education they would split up and head back to O'odham family environment. In a Department. He says the Nation had their villages. The elders decided on traditional household there are differalready planned on building a school the name Bihinol Du’ag High School, ent places for doing certain things even before he was hired. They wanted a which means "a mountain tied," but high school to be built for the students on somewhere along the way, the school such as cooking and sleeping. So at the school there is one building for the west side of the Nation. The Bureau name was changed to "Tohono eating, another for classrooms, anof Indian Affairs wanted to close boardO'odham High School" because they other for workshops, and then there’s ing schools throughout the country, but felt the name of the mountain would the gym, and they all surround the that couldn't happen if students had no be hard to pronounce. Mr. Siquieros gathering circle. place to go. The Nation had a lot of sup- felt it was disrespectful to the elders port from Washington. It was a long process with many public hearings. Lillian was our lone representative at the State TournaEven deciding on a name was not easy. According to Mr. Siquieros, the ment. You made us proud, Lillian! name that was chosen was way different than "Tohono O'odham High School." The name that was written on the construction documents was "San Simon High School." The Nation then decided to have a public meeting with the community members from Hickiwan, Pisinemo, and Go'vo districts. They met at San Simon School and started to come up with names. This was around the time when our tribe’s name was changed from Papago to Tohono O'odham and everything was "Tohono O'odham" this, "Tohono O'odham" that. The elders didn't want the school to be like that. One elder from Hickiwan then pointed out that Baboquivari High School was named after the sacred mountain that lies there, so he suggested that the school be named after something like that because there are prominent mountains around this area. There is a mountain west of the TOHS Trivia PAGE 2 Boys’ Basketball SPORTS was not enough to beat the Hawks who won 64-50. V O LU M E 1 , I S S U E 1 3 the Eagles still continued to struggle on offense, but they intensified the defensive effort, By Domonique Cleveland and Sadie Belton allowing Babo to score only 4 points the whole quarter; still, The Babo Game The St. Gregory Game the Eagles scored only 6. TOHS On Feb. 6th the On the 4th of February, the Eaalso had a couple of steals but gles traveled to play against the St. boys were pumped failed to make points from them. and eager to play Gregory Hawks, who were 1st in At the end of the quarter Babo their last game of the the division and 6th in the state. was still ahead, 22-15. The Hawks were hyped to play be- season against their In the third quarter the cause it was their last home game rival, Baboquivari! Eagles came out more deterand senior night. For mined than ever. TOHS started the Eagles, it was their playing better at both ends. last away game. They were rebounding more, and In the first quarter they were making most of their the Eagles had a Zeke goes up for two. shots. The teams were going sloppy start with mulhead to head, but Harrison Begay went The Eagles had tiple turnovers. The beast mode, scoring 13 out of the been looking forHawks were a bit tall, team’s 20 points in the third quarter! ward to that game making the Eagles In the last minute of the quarter, the ever since their struggle with reboundloss against them early in the season, and now that Daniel was left wide open. Babo was going to be on TOHS territory, they couldn’t help but feel determined and ready for what would be going down that night. Before the game started, both the Eagles’ girls and boys basketball players were recognized. Family members escorted each player for a photo shot and TOHS souvenirs and flowers. That night was the last basketball home game for seniors Harrison Begay, Alonzo Cipriano, and Anthony Pablo. Each senior was rewarded with a small basketball with all of their teammates’ signatures and numbers. Lots of hugs after the game. In the first quarter the Eagles didn’t do so well, probably due to nervousness. The It seemed like almost everyone on ing. The first quarter ended 15-8, Eagles had some bad passes, they were Hawks. missing easy shots, and they weren’t regame was intense with both teams In the second quarter, the Eabounding. Babo, on the other hand, was scoring back to back 3’s, but the Eagles gles started matching the Hawks, easily scoring and trying to push the pace, had the lead, 42-38. and the Hawks were getting frusand the Eagles were behind 18-9 at the end As if the game wasn’t exciting trated. One of the Hawks’ guards of the first quarter. enough, the intensity picked up even committed an intentional foul, and Entering the second quarter of the game, more in the fourth. The teams mostly their defense couldn’t keep the Eatraded baskets, and the Eagles mangles from scoring. Jade takes it to the rack. aged to keep the lead. Jade In the third and fourth Velasco and Alonzo Cipriano quarters, the Eagles were doboth had great defensive plays ing great on offense but needed and monster blocks. Babo was a little work on defense betrying to press, but with an all cause the Hawks’ guard continguard line up, the Eagles broke ued scoring. St. Greg’s had a their press. In the end the Ea12 point lead at the end of the gles closed the game on a good third quarter. offensive stretch. The Eagles In the fourth, the Eagles won, 42-38, and the home crowd played hard and strong but it went wild. V O LU M E 1 , I S S U E 1 3 SPORTS PAGE 3 Girls’ Basketball night. The Hawks had five graduating seniors, who all started and came out fired up and ready to play. By Montoya Baptisto The Hawks set the tone early on defense, pressuring the ball and forcing multiple turnovers. Offensively they established a high-low post-up offense easily with their 6’4” forward and 6’3” center and scored with ease in the paint. The Eagles didn’t back down defensively, playing good help side defense and contesting jump shots, Sighs of relief just after the Baboquivari game. but the Hawks had too This year our lady Eagles had a much size for the Eagles, which helped good season with a strong finish. They them gain the rebounding advantage ended the season with a 11-5 record, early. The Eagles had trouble setting but it was not enough to make state. up their offense due to the Hawks’ trapping defense. The first half score was 25-8. In the second half the Eagles played a diamond and one with the point guard to startle the Hawks’ offense, and it did just that. The Eagles got many steals, but they missed lay ups and weren’t able to capitalize on the fast breaks. The Hawks were also very disciplined to get back on defense after a turnover. The final score was 54-19 Hawks, the only blow-out the lady Eagles had all season. The Baboquivari Game February 6th the Eagles hosted their last home game of the year against the cross-rez rival Baboquivari the TO Nation turned out for this game. Warriors. This game is always the big boom game of the season, the turf batThey missed the sectional tournament tle, the original duel in the desert. This game would be the last home by losing to a team they should’ve game for our two senior guards, Dobeaten. The lady Eagles finished 32nd monique Cleveland and Allison Johnin the state and 5th in the sectional. Our ladies had one slip up early in the son. The much hyped game was just as season (to Babo), but then only lost to intense as the first one; it was all you state tournament qualifiers. could want from a rivalry game. The Saint Gregory Game Both teams struggled offensively On the 4th of February the lady only scoring 9 points combined in the Eagles traveled to the home of the 3rd first quarter. The defense was smothranked team in the state, the St. Greg- ering, and the game went back and ory Hawks. The Eagles were traveling forth. The full court press played by to the last away game of the season, the Warriors sped the game up a lot; and for the seniors, it would be the last the Eagles struggled to handle their game bus trip of their high school capress but eventually broke the press in reers. The Hawks were hosting their the second quarter. The Eagles kept last home game, and it was senior changing defense and pressured the Jessica shoots over a Babo defender. Warriors’ ball handlers, resulting in a bunch of steals. But they couldn’t capitalize consistently with lay ups. The Eagles still held a 4 point lead going into the half, 11-7. The Eagles and Warriors came out in the third ready to play. Both teams brought more intensity, and it was a one point game going into the fourth quarter. In the fourth, the game went back At times it was a wrestling match. and forth offensively. The Eagles put on a full court press to disrupt the Warriors’ offense. The press worked, and the Warriors showed frustration with their body language. The Eagles held a two point advantage with under 30 seconds in the game. In desperation, the Warriors fouled several times, and the Eagles capitalized to eke out a 30-25 win. A two-point game with 27 seconds left! PAGE 4 SENIOR SPOTLIGHT by Ariceli Josemaria and Lillian Mattia Domonique Cleveland How do you feel about your last year at TOHS? I feel very depressed., depressed but happy at the same time. I didn’t think I would graduate from here because I heard a lot of bad things about it, but since I came here, I’ve felt very happy, and I am comfortable here. What are your expectations for your last year? My expectations are to at least be ranked in the top five. I also expect myself to like writing and reading because I hate them so much I can’t get into them. What are your plans after high school? I wish to attend NAU and study to either become a teacher or a nurse or anything to do with children because I love them so much. I plan to get my driver’s license because I still haven’t got my driver license or permit because I’m so scared to drive. I also plan to get a German Shepherd dog. Where do you see yourself in five years? I see myself traveling to different reservations and meeting new people, meeting other Native Americans, and helping them. I will at least have a house of my own, a car, and my German Shepherds—at least two of them. If you won the lottery, what would you do with the money? I would save some of it for myself in case of emergencies, and I would give some of it to charities and also to schools that are having a hard time with money to get equipment and stuff because that’s how my middle school was. And I would also give it to my family. I would also not rely on it that much because I know how money can change a person. Was high school how you expected it to be? Honestly no, because I thought it was going to be much harder and more difficult but it’s not; it’s just school. I thought middle school was freakin hard. What were you like when you were younger? And have you changed from it? When I was younger, I had a double personality. At school I was quiet; I always kept to myself and I didn’t like talking to people. I didn’t like the presence of people I didn’t know. I was such a mean person in my head, but when people talked to me I was really nice. This was just because I went to school with a lot of Mexican and white kids. I was the only Native. When I went home, I was very loud and curious. My mom told me I loved to eat baby lotion and powder. I really changed V O LU M E 1 , I S S U E 1 3 from those days. To be honest, after coming to TOHS, I became more social and outgoing. As a child, what was one of your biggest fears? Being a disappointment and being hated. I felt that if I got a bad grade, no one would talk to me. That’s why I don’t like getting bad grades. Which is more important to you, the money or type of job? Why? The type of job because, why would I be there if I didn’t like it? The most boring job for me would be the person that takes parking fees from the people entering a parking lot. I would instead work at the poorest daycare center, even if I got paid $1 an hour because I would rather work with kids than not at all. What was the most stressful time in your life, and how did it change you? The most stressful time was my freshmen year. It was so hard waking up every day to go to school because I didn’t want to go back to that school. The work wasn’t hard; just getting through the day was the hard part. If you were invited to speak to a group of grade school children about succeeding in high school, what would you tell them? “No matter what, never change who you are and what you want. No matter what someone says or what they think of you. Go to school, because it really counts. Just do your work no matter what distractions there are. If you could travel to any place in any era, where would it be and why? I would say the era where they had samurais and knights because I would want to be a really strong female knight or samurai because I know that they looked down on them in those days. I love protecting people so I would protect someone. What motivates you to succeed? My family is what motivates me to succeed because not many of them had the opportunity to go to college or university and they had kids early. They had to let everything go. Do you have any advice for the younger students? I would say, “Don’t let anyone change YOU or what you want to do, just be who YOU are and what you want to do, and of course STAY in school. ” V O LU M E 1 , I S S U E 1 3 SENIOR SPOTLIGHT by Ariceli Josemaria and Lillian Mattia Orenda Victor PAGE 5 When you were a kid what were your dreams? I wanted to become a student who travels the world and discovers different things, or to become a mathematics teacher. How do you feel about your last year at TOHS? What are your hobbies? I feel happy but sad because, I made a lot of new friends. Laughing, hanging out, playing sports, and being ranWhen I’m here, they make me happy and when I’m anywhere else, it’s boring. I spend more time being with them than being dom. What was your favorite song in your freshman out in the world, but it’s okay because now days and what is your favorite song now? that I’m graduating, I will get to experience Escape the Fate- Gorgeous Nightmare and now it is new things. Five Finger death punch- Under and over it.:) What are your expectations for your What were you like when you were younger? last year? And have you changed from it? I expect a lot of greatness to happen, so I can I was shy and not very talkative, and now I’m outgoing get a job and move on with my life. and talking to people I wouldn’t have talked to before I What are your plans after high school? was here. I was thinking of going back to school, but What type of music do you listen to? I’m not that kind of girl. I will probably end Mostly everything that sounds good or with a good up moving to Tucson and finding a job there bass. so I can buy myself a house. How would you describe a perfect day? Where do you see yourself in five Laughing, eating, and years? hanging with the best I just see myself working. buds. Are you optimistic about your future? If you could be best at No, because there are a lot of things happenanything, what would ing to me and I don’t see things you choose? that positive. But if there was I would choose to be good somebody with me, like a close at making baskets and friend, it would be more excitdream catchers. ing. As a child, what was What is your favorite food? one of your biggest Enchiladas, meat-lover pizza, fears? and sherbet ice cream. Growing up. List three words to deIf you were stranded on an scribe yourself. island and only had three I’m very colorful, random, and things, what would they be? weird. Music, food, and water. Taco Bell or Burger King? What is your favorite class Burger King, because I like burgers and I like their and who is your favorite milkshakes. teacher? If you won the lottery, what would you do with Chemistry because we do a lot the money? of labs and I learned a lot about I would go back to my village and support everyone; I’d what we eat and drink. just give the money out. My favorite teacher is Mr. What was your favorite TV show when you were Laflin because he was funny younger? and awesome. Invader Zim and Catdog. Of which of your accomIf you could have superpowers, what would they plishments or honors are be? you the most proud? Why? I’d be smart, fast, and strong. It is becoming a DJ because If you could start high school all over again, what early in life I wasn’t talking would you do differently? I wouldn’t ditch, I would go to class on time, and I would go to much and I was very shy, but now I am really outgoing and getting known. my classes more. What was the most stressful time in your school What do you think is the most interesting aspect of years? How did it change you? yourself? It was making up work to get my credits. It taught me to Being weird. buckle down and get to work. Was high school how you expected it to be? No, I thought there were going to bullies and then I found out Any advice for youngsters? Stay in school and don’t miss class and your future will be there weren’t. I made a lot of good friends. great. PAGE 6 AROUND THE SCHOOL V O LU M E 1 , I S S U E 1 3 Catapults at TOHS Photos and story by Alyssa Antone On February 13 Mr. Mooring’s second hour class presented and shot off their handmade catapults to see whose would go the farthest. It took a week of preparation for the students to design their own catapults and to test them out before the little competition. News Bites Compiled by the Eagle News Staff 2/10—Ariceli’s b-day 2/11—Delvon, Brittany G. and Mr. J’s b-days. (Mr. J turned 29 for the 33rd straight year.) Baseball and track practices started. 2/13—The Marines came to TOHS to talk with prospective recruits. Twenty-five students attended to get info. Lillian went to the state tournament in wrestling in Prescott. She lost to the second seed (from Camp Verde) in her first match and lost her second match to a San Manuel wrestler. There was a medical triage in the parking lot after school. An ambulance transferred an injured person to a helicopter for transport to a hospital. Daphne came back. 2/14—Seniors sold Crush Grams for Valentine’s Day. The Science Fair winners were recognized at an assembly. ASU downed the U of A in a basketball double-overtime slugfest 69-66. NBA All Star Weekend. Maria’s mom went to Texas and visited the Alamo and saw the world’s biggest cinnamon bun (the size of a steering wheel) and the world’s biggest pizza (42” in diameter—too much for Maria’s mom, uncle and his girlfriend to finish). 2/16—The East NBA All-stars defeated the West All-stars, 163-155, the most points ever scored in an All-star game. Willie went to Mt. Lemmon. There was still a little snow in places. 2/17—Presidents’ Day—no school. 2/18—The newspaper class had a party for Lillian. Eagle News just heard that the cultural series presentation for tomorrow was postponed—that shot our front page for this edition! Meeting of the seniors’ parents in the evening. 2/19—Virgil and Shaina H’s b-days. Seniors met with Mr. Rios to get measured for caps and gowns. STUDENT NARRATIVES FROM MR. JACKSON’S CLASS V O LU M E 1 , I S S U E 1 3 A Prank on Me Jesusa Andrews This one time I was pranked by one of my cousins. She texted me telling me that she had to tell me something very important, so I texted her back saying, “OK, what is it that you need to tell me?” I was sitting there thinking and waiting for her reply. Then next thing you know my phone buzzed and I read her text saying her phone was going to be turned off, and so I texted her back saying, “Well are you still going to tell me what’s so important?” PAGE 7 sign, confused. I couldn’t stop laughing and told him what I did. A Memorable Prank Allison Johnson This one time my sister and I played a prank on my little brother and my other sister. It was really funny at first, but in the end all four of us got in trouble, especially me because I was the oldest and it was my idea. It was in the afternoon and my brother and sister were taking a nap because we all spent the whole morning playing outside. My other sister and I stayed awake watching cartoons. My step-mom was in her room, but we didn’t know. We thought she went to town, so I told my sister And then she texted me that we should play a prank on back saying, “Yes, I still am, the two younger ones. She but you have to call me at this other number.” At the bottom agreed with no hesitation. of the text was a long phone number, so I got a pen and paShe asked me, “What should per to write down the number that she gave me. we do?” The next thing you know, I dialed the number and waited I said, “Let’s put chocolate for it to ring. It took a few seconds to reach the number and frosting on their hands and then it started ringing. Then this weird voice came on and tickle their faces with a feather!” said, “Ha, ha, you have just been pranked,” so I hung up the She said, “Oh yeah! Then phone. they will slap their faces with I was a bit mad. Then I texted my cousin back saying, the chocolate!” “Ugh you jerk! Why did you do that? I thought something We got the frosting and put it on their hands and then bad happened!” started to tickle their faces. My brother whacked himself Then she texted back saying, “I am sorry Jesusa, but I with the frosting, but he didn’t wake up. However, my just wanted to see what you would do.” And so that was my sister woke up as soon as she slapped herself with the cousin’s prank on me. frosting. She started to cry really loud, waking up my brother who started to cry, too. We laughed so hard because we pulled it off, and they were crying with chocolate Prank all over their faces. My sister who did the prank with me Keanan Lopez told them that they were ones who were eating the frosting One day I pulled a prank on my friend at the store in and that they better clean up the mess they made. We Casa Grande. We were bored and wasting time while my laughed even harder because they had no clue. They just mom was shopping, and my friend said, “It’s boring! I want cried. to do something fun.” Out of nowhere, my step-mom came out of her room. So I said, “Okay, you should She took one look at the chocolate mess on the living room get in a shopping cart.” So he got floor and started yelling at all of us. She spanked the in, and I was pushing him and younger ones really hard and then asked them what haprolled him in the parking lot and pened. They cried staying, “I don’t know.” let him go. After that it was my She knew right away that we did it. She asked, “What turn, and he pushed me into a happened Angelica?” car, which was damaged a bit. My sister tried to lie saying that they did it on their After that my friend needed to own, but my step-mom already knew. She was just testing use the restroom. We went back her. She looked at me. I said, “We put the chocolate on inside and I said, “I’ll be waiting their hands.” outside.” She made me clean up the mess. As for my sister, my As I told him that, I looked and saw that the women’s and step-mom spanked her for the prank and for trying to lie the men’s signs could be removed. I called him back and about it. I thought I got off easy, but later on that day my said, “Hey my mom wants you, hurry.” dad spanked me, which was a lot worse. Then he said, “Okay, I’ll be back.” When I look back on that day, the prank was worth all Right after he left, I switched the women’s and the men’s the trouble we got into because my sister Angelica and I signs. He came back and went into the women’s bathroom. still laugh about it when we remember that memory. Right after he came out, he was laughing and looking at the Eagle News is published every two weeks by the TOHS Newspaper and Creative Writing Class. You can write to us: Eagle News Tohono O’odham High School HC 01 Box 8513 Sells, AZ 85634 Or email: [email protected] Dear Savvy Senior So I have this friend who is starting to act strange. Lately she’s been ditching me to hang with another crowd, who in my opinion is bad news. I don’t want to force her to be with me all the time but like I said, she’s the only one I talk to. This isn’t just about my feelings. I’m also scared that she’s going to get in a lot of trouble if she stays around that crowd. Don’t get me wrong, she’s a good friend, but I’m just worried. Help? If you would like electronic copies of -Concerned Sandy Eagle News (pdf format), email us with Dear Concerned Sandy your request and email address. In my opinion Sandy, as her friend you do have a right to ask her why she has been acting strange or why she has been ditching you. There is nothing Thought of the Week: wrong with asking her about it because who knows? She might not even know what she has done. Another thing, generally people have many Do not pray for an easy life. Pray for the friends and some tend to be bad influences, but looks can be deceiving, and if this crowd is causing her to lose track, you should explain your worries to strength to endure a difficult one. your friend. I’m sure she’ll understand. —Bruce Lee -Savvy Senior Wings TOHS Reads Reviews from two students By Aprilynne Pike This book is about a girl, named Laurel, who’s been home-schooled until she is fifteen. She never knew she’d find teenage life a whole new experience by just changing to public school. When she starts high school, she meets a boy named David who becomes really close to Laurel. One day she feels a bump on her back. When she looks, she sees a blossom appearing on her back. She begins to feel she doesn’t belong in a human world, but becomes happy because David helps her see life from a different point of view. He tells her not everyone has a blossom growing out of her back and it’s special. I never knew self-esteem was so important at age fifteen. This book taught that it is. I sometimes wondered what was wrong with me. I was just living this book. It made me see that you can find new things in people. The book “Wings” is an interesting story about a young girl named Laurel who discovers a flower blooming on her back while starting her first year at high school after being home schooled her whole life. Beginning sophomore year, she meets a boy named David who soon after becomes one of her closest friends. When the mysterious flower appears, she decides to tell him and he tries to come up with a reasonable explanation. When it is decided that it’s not possible, they set out for an answer. But while the story goes on they spent it discovering the unexplainable truth. The friendship and love that Laurel and David have for each other make this book an exciting and romantic story. Reviewed by Rayven Monte Reviewed by D.P Come One, Come All to the STAR PARTY Where? TOHS Gymnasium What day? Tuesday, March 4 What time? 6:30-8:30 p.m. STORY TELLING, RAFFLES, REFRESHMENTS, TELESCOPES, PORTABLE PLANETARIUM For more info contact Mr. Beres, TOHS Science Teacher, 520-362-2400
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